The Volunteer Artillery of the British Army

The Artillery Volunteers from 1859 to 1880

The Consolidation of the Artillery Volunteers in 1880

The Volunteers of the Divisions, Royal Artillery 1882-89

The large territorial Divisions, Royal Artillery of 1889

The Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) 1902-08

The Territorial Force Divisions and Mounted Brigades 1910-14

The Renumbering of the Royal Field Artillery Brigades of the Territorial Divisions in 1916

The Creation of the Territorial Army (TA) from 1920 to 1922

The Territorial Army (TA) from 1924 until World War II

During World War II

The Resurrection of the Territorial Army in 1947

RA

The TA was newly organised from the Royal Artillery TA regiments that were by now in suspended animation, from new conversions of Yeomanry and Infantry and also some new units.
During the war it was experienced that the fact that several Artillery Regiments shared the same number (e.g. 51st Field Regiment, 51st Medium Regiment, 51st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, etc.) was confusing. Therefore a new numbering system was introduced.
While many units were resurrected in the same role as before, this was by no means always so. Thus the new numbering had no relation with the type of the unit.
The list below shows 297 of them.

Contents
Royal Horse Artillery
Transferred from the Supplementary Reserve
From 51st - 150th Field
From 51st - 69th Medium
From 3rd - 6th Survey
From 56st - 93rd Anti-Tank
From 501st - 568th Coast
From 51st - 102th Heavy Anti-Aircraft
From 11th - 58th Light Anti-Aircraft
From 26th - 76th Searchlight
Regiments converted from Infantry on resurrection
New Regiments
 
 
Royal Horse Artillery
 
Only the three Honourable Artillery Company Regiments were Royal Horse Artillery during the war.
The resurrected units were first numbered 235 and 238, but were after few months renumbered.
 
Before 1935 Later Designations Resurrected in 1947
 
11th Brigade → → → 235th Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company ↲
↳ 1st Regiment Honourable Artillery Company
13th Brigade → → → 238th Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company ↲
↳ 2nd Regiment Honourable Artillery Company
 
 
Transferred from the Supplementary Reserve
 
Before the war there was no Territorial Army in Northern Ireland.
 
In the SR during the War Resurrected in the TA in 1947
 
8th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 245th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Belfast)
9th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 246th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Derry)
3rd Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 { 247th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Ulster)
248th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Ulster)
 
From 51st - 150th Field
 
Several Field Regiments changed role during the war but for the resurrection their old numbers were taken for a start.
Seventy-four of the regiments were resurrected and got 200 added to their numbers.
 
Before 1935 Later Designations Resurrected in 1947
 
51st Field Brigade → → → 251st Field Regiment (Westmoreland and Cumberland)
52nd Field Brigade → → → 252nd Field Regiment (Manchester)
53rd Field Brigade → → → 253rd Field Regiment (Bolton)
54th Field Brigade → 51st Anti-Tank Regiment → 254th Anti-Tank Regiment (West Highland)
55th Field Brigade → → → 255th Medium Regiment (Wessex)
56th Field Brigade → 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon)
57th Field Brigade → → → 257th Field Regiment (Home Counties)
58th Field Brigade → 84th Medium Regiment → 258th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex)
59th Field Brigade → 75th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 259th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports)
61st Field Brigade → 61st Super Heavy Regiment → 261st Observation Regiment (North Midland)
62nd Field Brigade → 68th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 262nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (North Midland)
63rd Field Brigade → 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment → 263rd Anti-Tank Regiment (6th London)
64th Field Brigade → → → 264th Field Regiment (7th London)
65th Field Brigade → → → 265th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (8th London)
66th Field Brigade → 76th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 266th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery)
67th Field Brigade → → → 267th Field Regiment (South Midland)
68th Field Brigade → → → 268th Field Regiment (Warwickshire)
69th Field Brigade → → → 269th Field Regiment (West Riding)
70th Field Brigade → → → 270th Field Regiment (West Riding)
71st Field Brigade → → → 271st Field Regiment (West Riding)
72nd Field Brigade → → → 272nd Field Regiment (Northumbrian)
74th Field Brigade → → → 274th Field Regiment (Northumbrian)
75th Field Brigade → 75th Heavy Regiment → 275th Field Regiment (Highland)
76th Field Brigade → → → 276th Field Regiment (Highland)
77th Field Brigade → → → 277th Field Regiment (Highland)
78th Field Brigade → 178th Medium Regiment → 278th Field Regiment (Lowland)
79th Field Brigade → → → 279th Field Regiment (Lowland)
80th Field Brigade → → → 280th Medium Regiment (Lowland - City of Glasgow)
81st Field Brigade → → → 281st Field Regiment (Welsh)
82nd Field Brigade → 77th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 282nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Welsh)
83rd Field Brigade → → → 283rd Field Regiment (Welsh)
84th Field Brigade → 78th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 284th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st East Anglian)
85th Field Brigade → 85th Mountain Regiment → 285th Airborne Light Regiment (Essex)
86th Field Brigade → → → 286th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry)
87th Field Brigade → → → 287th Medium Regiment (1st West Lancashire)
88th Field Brigade → → → 288th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2nd West Lancashire)
90th Field Brigade → → → 290th Field Regiment (City of London)
91st Field Brigade → → → 291st Airborne Field Regiment (4th London)
92nd Field Brigade → → → 292nd Airborne Anti-Tank Regiment (5th London)
93rd Field Brigade → 52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 293rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire)
94th Field Brigade → → → 294th Field Regiment (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry)
95th Field Brigade → 72nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 295th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry)
96th Field Brigade → → → 296th Field Regiment (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
97th Field Brigade → → → 297th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent Yeomanry)
98th Field Brigade → → → 298th Field Regiment (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary’s)
99th Field Brigade → → → 299th Field Regiment (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry)
100th Field Brigade → 53rd Anti-Tank Regiment ↲
↳ 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment		 → 300th Anti-Tank Regiment (Queen’s Own Worcestershire Yeomanry)
102nd Field Brigade → 102nd Medium Regiment → 302nd Field Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry)
104th Field Brigade → → → 304th Field Regiment (Essex Yeomanry)
105th Field Brigade → 52nd Heavy Regiment → 305th Medium Regiment (Bedfordshire Yeomanry)
106th Field Brigade → 106th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 306th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lancashire Hussars)
107th Field Brigade → 107th Medium Regiment → 307th Field Regiment (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry)
108th Field Brigade → 55th Anti-Tank Regiment → 308th Anti-Tank Regiment (Suffolk Yeomanry)
109th Field Regiment → 309th Coast Regiment (Westmoreland and Cumberland)
110th Field Regiment → 310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester)
112th Field Regiment → 312th Medium Regiment (Wessex)
113th Field Regiment → 313th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex)
115th Field Regiment → 315th Medium Regiment (North Midland)
120th Field Regiment → 320th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (South Midland)
121st Field Regiment ↲
↳ 121st Medium Regiment		 → 321st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding)
6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) → 322nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) ↲
↳ 673rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment)
123rd Field Regiment
123rd Parachute Field Regiment		 → 323rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding)
124th Field Regiment → 324th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian)
125th Field Regiment ↲
↳ 125th Anti-Tank Regiment		 → 325th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham)
128th Field Regiment → 328th Medium Regiment (Highland)
330th Field Regiment → 330th Medium Regiment (Lowland)
136th Field Regiment → 336th Medium Regiment (1st West Lancashire)
137th Field Regiment → 337th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2nd West Lancashire)
141st Field Regiment → 341st Medium Regiment (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry)
142nd Field Regiment → 342nd Medium Regiment (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
144th Field Regiment → 344th Light Ant-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Sussex Yeomanry)
145th Field Regiment → 345th Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry)
Windsor Battery,
145th Field Regiment		 → 662nd Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry) ↲
↳ 346th Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry)
149th Field Regiment ↲
↳ 149th Anti-Tank Regiment		 → 349th Heavy Ant-Aircraft Regiment (Lancashire Yeomanry) ↲
↳ 349th Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment (Lancashire Yeomanry)
150th Field Regiment → 350th Heavy Regiment (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry)
 
From 51st - 69th Medium
 
Ten Medium Regiments were resurrected with 300 added to their pre-war numbers.
 
Before 1935 Later Designations Resurrected in 1947
 
51st Medium Brigade → → → 351st Medium Regiment (Midland)
53rd Medium Brigade → → → 353rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London)
56th Medium Brigade → → → 356th Medium Regiment (Highland)
57th Medium Brigade → 51st Heavy Regiment → 357th Medium Regiment (Lothians)
58th Medium Brigade → → → 358th Medium Regiment (Suffolk)
59th Medium Brigade → → → 359th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment (4th West Lancashire)
60th Medium Brigade → 81st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 360th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
61st Medium Brigade → → → 361st Medium Regiment (Carnarvon and Denbigh Yeomanry)
62nd Medium Brigade → 504th Coast Regiment → 362nd Medium Regiment
68th Medium Regiment → 368th Medium Regiment (4th West Lancashire)
 
From 3rd - 6th Survey
 
The two Survey Regiments were resurrected in a similar role as Observation Regiments, with 373 added to their numbers.
 
During the war Resurrected in 1947
 
3rd Survey Regiment → 376th Observervation Regiment
4th Survey Regiment → 377th Observation Regiment (Durham)
 
From 56st - 93rd Anti-Tank
 
Anti-Tank regiments were created from Infantry Battalions before and during the war.
Ten of them were resurrected with 324 added to their original numbers.
 
During the war Resurrected in 1947
 
56th Anti-Tank Regiment → 380th Anti-Tank Regiment (King’s Own)
57th Anti-Tank Regiment → 381st Anti-Tank Regiment (East Surrey)
58th Anti-Tank Regiment → 382nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Duke of Welligton’s)
59th Anti-Tank Regiment → 383rd Anti-Tank Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire)
60th Anti-Tank Regiment → 384th Anti-Tank Regiment (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
63rd Anti-Tank Regiment → 387th Field Regiment (Oxfordshire Yeomanry)
65th Anti-Tank Regiment → 389th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The King’s Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry)
66th Anti-Tank Regiment → 390th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (King’s Own)
87th Anti-Tank Regiment → 396th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon)
91st Anti-Tank Regiment
93rd Anti-Tank Regiment		 } 402nd Anti-Tank Regiment (5th/6th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders))
 
From 501st - 568th Coast
 
Twenty-seven Coast Artillery units were resurrected. They were numbered in the 404 - 430 series.
 
During the war Resurrected in 1947
 
Tynemouth Heavy Brigade { 508th Coast Regiment
509th Coast Regiment		 } 404th/405th Coast Regiment (Tynemouth)
Hampshire Heavy Brigade → 527th Coast Regiment → 406th Coast Regiment (Hampshire)
Devonshire Heavy Brigade → 566th Coast Regiment
567th Coast Regiment		 } 407th/408th Coast Regiment (Devon)
523rd Coast Regiment → 409th Coast Regiment (Cornwall)
519th Coast Regiment → 410th Coast Regiment (Kent)
521st Coast Regiment → 411th Coast Regiment (Sussex)
Fprth Heavy Brigade → 501st Coast Regiment → 412th Coast Regiment (Highland)
503rd Coast Regiment → 413th Coast Regiment (Fife)
505th Coast Regiment → 414th Coast Regiment (Forth)
Thames and Medway Heavy Brigade → 516th Coast Regiment → 415th Coast Regiment (Thames and Medway)
Clyde Heavy Brigade → 538th Coast Regiment { 416th Coast Regiment (Clyde)
417th (Mixed) Coast Regiment (Dumbartonshire)
514th Coast Regiment → 418th Coast Regiment (Norfolk)
Suffolk Heavy Brigade → 515th Coast Regiment → 419th Coast Regiment (Suffolk)
Lancashire and Cheshire Heavy Brigade → 524th Coast Regiment → 420th Coast Regiment (Lancashire and Cheshire)
Dorsetshire Heavy Brigade → 522nd Coast Regiment → 421st Coast Regiment (Dorset)
East Riding Heavy Brigade → 512th Coast Regiment → 422nd Coast Regiment (East Riding)
513th Coast Regiment → 423rd Coast Regiment (East Riding)
Pembrokeshire Heavy Brigade → 532nd Coast Regiment { 424th Coast Regiment (Pembrokeshire)
425th Coast Regiment (Pembrokeshire)
Durham Heavy Brigade → 511th Coast Regiment → 426th Coast Regiment (Durham)
526th Coast Regiment → 427th Coast Regiment (Durham)
The Princess Beatrice’s Heavy Brigade → 530th Coast Regiment → 428th Coast Regiment (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles)
525th Coast Regiment → 429th Coast Regiment (Antrim)
533rd Coast Regiment → 430th Coast Regiment (Orkney)
 
From 51st - 102th Heavy Anti-Aircraft
 
Before the war these units were created as Anti-Aircraft. In 1940 they were redesignated as Heavy Anti-Aircraft.
Forty-three of them were resurrected with 400 added to their numbers.
 
Before 1938 1940 Resurrected in 1947
 
51st Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 51st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 451st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London)
52nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 52nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 452nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London)
53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 53rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment ↲
↳ 85th Medium Regiment		 → 453rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London)
54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 54th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 454th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London)
55th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 55th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 455th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent)
51st Medium Brigade ↲
↳ 56th Anti-Aircraft Brigade		 → 56th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment ↲
↳ 86th Medium Regiment		 → 456th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Cornwall)
57th Field Brigade ↲
↳ 57th Anti-Aircraft Brigade		 → 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 457th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Wessex)
52nd Medium Brigade ↲
↳ 58th Anti-Aircraft Brigade		 → 58th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 458th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent)
7th Battalion,
The Essex Regiment ↲
↳ 59th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 59th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 459th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Essex Regiment)
4th City of London Regiment
(The Royal Fusiliers) ↲
↳ 60th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 60th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 460th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London)
11th London Regiment
(Finsbury Rifles) ↲
↳ 61st Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 61st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 461st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middlesex)
73rd Field Brigade ↲
↳62nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 62nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 462nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian)
55rd Medium Brigade ↲
↳ 63rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 63rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 463rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham)
64th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 64th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 464th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian)
6th/7th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment ↲
↳ 65th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 65th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 465th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester Regiment)
8th Battalion,
The West Yorkshire Regiment ↲
↳ 66th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 66th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 466th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Leeds Rifles)
5th Battalion,
The York and Lancaster Regiment ↲
↳ 67th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 67th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 467th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (York and Lancaster)
6th Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment ↲
↳ 69th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 69th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 469th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
89th Field Brigade ↲
↳ 70th Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 70th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 470th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3rd West Lancashire)
71st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 471st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Forth)
73rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade → 73rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 473rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (North Midland)
74th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 474th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Glasgow)
79th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 479th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry)
80st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 480st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Berkshire)
82nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 482nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex)
7th Battalion,
The Highland Light Infantry		 → 83rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 483rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Blythswood)
84th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 484th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middelesex)
85th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 485th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tees)
87th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 487th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham)
88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
89th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 489th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 490th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middelesex)
91st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 491st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 493rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 494th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Edinburgh)
95th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 495th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Birmingham)
96th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 496th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
3rd Battalion, The London Scottish,
The Gordon Highlanders		 → 97th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment ↲
↳ 97th Garrison Regiment		 → 497th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London)
98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 498th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire)
99th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 499th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London Welsh)
100th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 500th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
101st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 501st (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
102nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 502nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Ulster)
 
From 11th - 58th Light Anti-Aircraft
 
Thirty-four of the Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments that were raised in 1938/39 were resurrected with a number 500 higher then their original ones.
 
During the war Resurrected in 1947
 
12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)
13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 513th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 514th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Lothian Royal Scots)
15th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 515th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Isle of Man)
16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 516th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 517th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex)
18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 518th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 519th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 520th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Glamorgan)
21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 521st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 522nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
23rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 523rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire)
24th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 524th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 525th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 526th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 527th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 528th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Nottingham)
29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 529th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 530th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex)
31st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 531st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 532nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
33rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 533rd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment
34th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 534th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Glamorgan)
35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 535th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire)
36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 536th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Surrey)
37th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 537th Searchlight Regiment (Tyne Electrical Engineers)
38th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 538th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding)
39th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 539th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
40th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 540th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 553rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry)
54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 554th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 556th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire)
57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 557th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment(King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry)
58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment → 558th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
 
From 26th - 76th Searchlight
 
During the war sixteen Searchlight Regiments had been converted into Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments and got numbers in that series.
They were all reverting to their original numbers and fourty-six of them were resurrected getting 535 added to their numbers.
 
During the war Resurrected in 1947
 
27th Searchlight Regiment → 562nd Searchlight Regiment (27th London Electrical Engineers)
28th Searchlight Regiment → 563rd Searchlight Regiment (28th Essex)
29th Searchlight Regiment → 564th Searchlight Regiment (Kent)
30th Searchlight Regiment → 565th Searchlight Regiment (Surrey)
31st Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 123rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 566th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London Rifles)
32rd Searchlight Regiment → 567th Searchlight Regiment (7th City of London)
33rd Searchlight Regiment → 568th Searchlight Regiment (St. Pancras)
34th Searchlight Regiment → 569th Searchlight Regiment (The Queen’s Own)
35th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 129th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
36th Searchlight Regiment → 571st Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex)
38th Searchlight Regiment → 573rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The King’s Regiment)
39th Searchlight Regiment → 574th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Lancashire Fusiliers)
40th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 149th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 575th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The Sherwood Foresters)
41st Searchlight Regiment → 576th Searchlight Regiment (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment)
42nd Searchlight Regiment → 577th Searchlight Regiment (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters)
43rd Searchlight Regiment → 578th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment)
44th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 121st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 579th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Leicestershire Regiment)
45th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 122th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 580th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
46th Searchlight Regiment → 581st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Bn, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment)
47th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 112th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 582nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Durham Light Infantry)
48th Searchlight Regiment → 583nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire)
49th Searchlight Regiment → 584th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th West Yorkshire)
50th Searchlight Regiment → 585th Searchlight Regiment (The Northamptonshire Regiment)
51st Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 124th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 586th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Highland)
52nd Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 130th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 587th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots)
53rd Searchlight Regiment → 588th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
54th Searchlight Regiment → 589th Searchlight Regiment (Durham Light Infantry)
55th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 590th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham Light Infantry)
56th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 125th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 591st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Cameronians)
57th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 147th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 592nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Glasgow)
58th Searchlight Regiment → 593rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middlesex)
59thSearchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 148th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 594th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Warwickshire)
60th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 126th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 595th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (9th Bn, The Middlesex Regiment)
61st Searchlight Regiment → 596th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The South Lancashire Regiment)
62nd Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 150th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 597th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Loyal)
63rd Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 127th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Queen’s)
64th Searchlight Regiment → 599th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex Regiment)
65th Searchlight Regiment → 600th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex Regiment)
66th Searchlight Regiment → 601st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Bristol)
67th Searchlight Regiment → 602nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Welch)
68th Searchlight Regiment → 603rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st (Rifle) Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment)
69th Searchlight Regiment → 604th Searchlight Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers)
70th Searchlight Regiment → 605th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex)
71st Searchlight Regiment → 606th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire)
72nd Searchlight Regiment → 607th Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex)
73rd Searchlight Regiment → 608th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent)
74th Searchlight Regiment → 609th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tottenham)
75th Searchlight Regiment ↲
↳ 75th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment		 → 610th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middlesex)
 
Regiments converted from Infantry on resurrection
 
Thirty existing Infantry units were converted to Artillery. Most of them in an Anti-Aircraft role.
 
Predecessor unit Resurrected as Artillery in 1947
 
7th Battalion,
The Queen’s Royal Regiment		 → 622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (7th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment)
2/7th Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment		 → 623nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Warwickshire)
9th Battalion,
The Royal Fusiliers		 → 624th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
→ 625th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers)
8th Battalion,
The King’s Regiment		 → 626th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Liverpool Irish)
6th Battalion,
The Devonshire Regiment		 → 628th Heavy Regiment
1st Battaion,
The Cambridgeshire Regiment		 → 629th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Cambridgeshire Regiment)
5th Battalion,
The Somerset Light Infantry		 → 630th Medium Regiment (Somerset Light Infantry)
5th Battalion,
The Green Howards
 → 631st Anti-Tank Regiment (Green Howards)
6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers		 → 633rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
8th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers		 → 634th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Lancashire Fusiliers)
6th Battalion,
The Royal Welch Fusiliers		 → 635th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Welch)
7th Battalion,
The Royal Welch Fusiliers		 → 636th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Welch)
3rd Battalion,
The Monmouthshire Regiment		 → 637th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3rd Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment)
The Brecknockshire Battalion,
The South Wales Borderers		 → 638th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Brecknock)
8th Battalion,
The Worcestershire Regiment		 → 639th Heavy Regiment (The Worcestershire Regiment)
5th Battalion,
The Border Regiment		 → 640th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Bn, The Border Regiment)
641st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex)
7th Battalion,
The Hampshire Regiment		 → 642nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (7th Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment)
6th Battalion,
The South Staffordshire Regiment		 → 643rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The South Staffordshire Regiment)
2/4th Battalion,
The South Lancashire Regiment		 → 644th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The South Lancashire Regiment)
The Buckinghamshire Battalion,
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry		 → 645th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Buckinghamshire)
5th Battalion,
The Essex Regiment
 → 646th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Bn, The Essex Regiment)
5th Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment		 → 648th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Berkshire)
5th Battalion,
The Wiltshire Regiment		 → 651st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment		 → 652nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester)
46th Royal Tank Regiment → 653rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Liverpool Welsh)
654th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
The Liverpool Scottish,
The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders		 → 655th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Liverpool Scottish)
9th Battalion,
The Rifle Brigade		 → 656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Rifle Brigade)
 
New Regiments
 
Fifteen new units were formed.
 
Creation in 1947
 
660th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
661st Field Regiment (Ulster)
Windsor Battery,
145th Field Regiment		 → 662nd Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry) ↲
↳ 346th Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry)
663rd Super Heavy Regiment
664th Coast Regiment (Welsh)
665th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
666th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment
667th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire)
668th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon and Cornwall)
669th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham)
1st Battalion, The Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch
was disbanded in 1944, thus this was a new unit		 → 670th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tyneside Scottish)
671st Coast Regiment
672nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Worcestershire)
6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) → 322nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) ↲
↳ 673rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment)
674th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London Rifles)
675th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire)
 

The Reductions from 1950 to 1967

The Territorial Army Regiments from 1961 to 1967

The Regiments of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) in 1967

The Regiments of the Territorial Army in 2008

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